Risking Your Life for a Sports Story
30.06.2006
By Filippos Syrigos
Knowledge bank: Fillipos Syrigos made himself highly unpopular when he exposed a scam revolving around the Greek Karaiskaki Stadium.
Greek journalist, Fillipos Syrigos, survived a brutal assasination attempt in October 2004. He was stabbed 4 times and severely beaten.
Syrigos had made himself very unpopular for exposing a scam revolving around the Greek Karaiskaki Stadium. His story shows that critical sports journalism can be higly dangerous.
At Play the Game 2005: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Syrigos shared his personal story about risking his life for the freedom of expression.